discourage

The day after Lauri has finished working his last scheduled shift Ilona is informed by the owner of Dubrovnik that the restaurant is being sold to a chain restaurant company and all the employees will be let go since the new company will be bringing in its own employees.Both of them set out looking for work immediately but with discouraging results.Lauri gets offered a job as a bus driver but is unable to pass the medical exam and subsequently loses his professional driver's licence.…

Growing up in an integrated neighborhood in the Mobile suburb, Williams had never experienced overt racial discrimination until he played for the Cubs minor league club in San Antonio, Texas.He was so discouraged that he left the team and went home.Buck O'Neil, the Cubs scout who had originally discovered Williams, was dispatched to Whistler and he persuaded Williams to try again.…

"Weren't you rather quick to give up -- hope?" she whispered.He did not answer her, but she found nothing discouraging in his silence.…Cited from Rosa Mundi and Other Stories, by Ethel M. Dell

Many describe current copyright law as being ill equipped to manage the interests of individuals or groups involved in these collaborative efforts.Some say that these laws may even discourage this kind of production.Laws governing online behavior pose another challenge to lawmakers in that they must work to enact laws that protect the public without infringing upon their rights to free speech.…

They were accused of belonging to a secret socialist organization, which did not in fact exist.However, the nine months in prison did not discourage his political writing or activities.…

When it began to get light, the place looked even more discouraging.Cited from A Yankee in the Trenches, by R. Derby Holmes

He was given five minutes of time, but had only two minutes of material.He was so discouraged by the experience that he did not perform again for two years.He and Marc Maron later reminisced about their early careers and friendship on Maron's WTF Podcast.…

Massachusetts would pop into her head when Uncle Joe was asking for I's, and South Carolina when he wanted the K's.It was quite discouraging, for the other children had played the game so much.…Cited from Peggy in Her Blue Frock, by Eliza Orne White

Peak numbers continued for more than two months until the government began to discourage the young people.

The months went by happily at Stanfield; and, however ill went the fortunes of the Church elsewhere, here at least were peace and prosperity.Most discouraging news indeed did reach them from time to time.The severe penalties now enacted against the practice of the Catholic Religion were being enforced with great vigour, and the weak members of the body began to fail.…Cited from By What Authority?, by Robert Hugh Benson

It is from one of the pastors of the American Missionary Association educated at Tougaloo and Howard Theological Seminary.If sometimes our church work seems small and discouraging there are many things to be remembered.Many times we are told by the pastors of our churches "we could have larger churches and more of them if we would accept the standards of those about us."…Cited from The American Missionary, Volume 49, No. 3, March, 1895, by Various

How hard to bear -- and how discouraging this trial must have been to her!No doctor could give her any relief, and she had made up her mind, no doubt, that there was no relief for her till death came.…Cited from The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 3, by Richard Newton

Numerous support organisations for sex workers exist in Thailand.Most of them attempt to discourage women from taking up or continuing the trade.SHE Foundation (Self Help & Empowerment) is a Christian charity organisation that works with women and children involved in the commercial sex trade in Phuket.…

This hatred rendered the cardinal's position at court not a little uncomfortable.Every time he presented himself before the queen, he met with the same discouraging reception.In spite of this, he neglected no occasion of being near her, for which he had frequent opportunities, as he was chaplain to the court; and he never complained of the treatment he received.…Cited from The Queen's Necklace, by Alexandre Dumas

In the past, a number of church leaders have discouraged the use of such products.

Johnson says people who aim to do great things for humanity often end up feeling that they have not done as much as they should.This should not discourage us, however; the important thing is to do whatever we can.…

He remained enthusiastic even though he was discouraged on all sides from doing so.Only his mother, a woman with biblical faith and deep religious convictions, as well as a powerful belief in her son, supported his vision and allowed him to use her furniture as collateral for a $500 loan.…

Secondly, the effects of the severe measures adopted at Drogheda and at Wexford were mixed.To some degree they may have been effective in discouraging future resistance.The Royalist commander Ormonde thought that the terror of Cromwell's army had a paralysing effect on his forces.…

But if he discourages me I will try my luck all the same.Cited from Don Orsino, by F. Marion Crawford

What discourages me most is that I can't get work that will bring in money.Between people wishing to have nothing to do with us, on one hand, and my ignorance on the other, there seems no resource.…Cited from What Can She Do?, by Edward Payson Roe